Chestnut Roast Chicken

Chestnut Roast Chicken

Overview

Every time this season comes, our family will make this Chestnut Roast Chicken. It is a traditional famous dish that uses chestnuts and chicken as the main ingredients. After cooking, the finished product has the freshness of chicken, the sweetness of chestnuts, thick and mellow juice, and bright red color. It is really delicious and tempting

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Cut half of the purchased chicken into small pieces and rinse with clean water.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 1
  2. Pour the water into the pot, remove and wash off the scum, drain and set aside.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 2
  3. After frying the onions and ginger slices in oil, add the blanched chicken pieces and stir-fry evenly.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 3
  4. Add some cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt and sugar and stir well, then add an ingredient bag (star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves).

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 4
  5. Add appropriate amount of warm water and bring to boil.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 5
  6. To save time, I poured it into an electric saucepan and simmered it.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 6
  7. Put the chestnut kernels into the pot and pour some water.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 7
  8. After the chicken pieces in the pot have simmered for half an hour, add the blanched chestnuts to the electric stew pot and simmer them together for about half an hour.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 8
  9. When the time is up, return the chestnut chicken in the electric stew pot to the wok over high heat to reduce the juice.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 9
  10. Cook until the soup begins to thicken and then turn off the heat.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 10
  11. Remove from pan and plate.

    Chestnut Roast Chicken step 11